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Jan 18, 2022 · Although she doesn't mind pointing out that after 30 years, she's still only one of two Canadian women to have flown in space. Julie Payette went into space in 1999 and 2009.
Jan 18, 2022 · In 1992 Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian Woman in Space. “If you ask me for one thing I remember from the flight, it’s seeing the edge of the Earth and seeing the reality of Earth as a planet,” says the 76-year-old Roberta Bondar, who will mark the weekend anniversary with an online celebration. Bondar’s 1992 mission aboard the ...
- Early Life and Education
- Medical Career
- Canada’s First Woman Astronaut
- Mission STS-42
- Career After Space
- Selected Honours, Awards and Tributes
Roberta Bondar is the second of two daughters born to Edward and Mildred Bondar. Edward worked as an office manager for the Sault Ste Marie Public Utilities Commission, and Mildred was a business and commerce teacher. The couple’s first child, Barbara, was born the year before Roberta, in 1944. Roberta was interested in space as a child: “When I wa...
Roberta Bondar worked as a clinical science researcher and neurologist, a doctor who specializes in the nervous system. She completed post-graduate work at Toronto General Hospital, the University of Western Ontario, Tufts New England Medical Center (Boston), the Playfair Neuroscience Unit of Toronto Western Hospital, and the Pacific Vascular Insti...
In 1983, the National Research Council of Canada created the Canadian Astronaut Program (now part of the Canadian Space Agency) to recruit Canada’s first astronauts. Roberta Bondar applied immediately. After six months of interviews and tests, she was chosen as one of six Canadians admitted to the program (see Canadian Astronauts). Her research and...
On 22 January 1992, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman, the second Canadian, and the first neurologist in space. She flew aboard space shuttle Discovery, the only Canadian and woman of the seven crew members of NASA Mission STS-42. The mission was originally planned to last ten days, but changes in shuttles due to repairs shortened it t...
After retiring from the Canadian Space Agency, Roberta Bondar studied professional nature photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. She published a visual and written chronicle of her experiences in space, Touching the Earth, in 1994. The next year, she published On the Shuttle: Eight Days in Space, a children’s book co-writ...
Roberta Bondar’s achievements have earned her many national and international recognitions. In Canada, there have been schools, resource centres, gymnasiums and scholarships named after her. She has been appointed to honorary positions in dozens of organizations and is a member of a variety of associations. Bondar was featured on a Canadian postage...
Jul 18, 2019 · Bondar left the Canadian Space Agency in September 1992, but continued her research in space medicine with NASA. She also pursued a career in photography, and served as chancellor of Trent ...
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Jan 18, 2022 · Although she doesn’t mind pointing out that after 30 years, she’s still only one of two Canadian women to have flown in space. Julie Payette went into space in 1999 and 2009.
Mar 1, 2023 · As of March 2023, 72 women have flown in space. Of these, 44 have worked on the International Space Station as long-duration expedition crewmembers, as visitors on space shuttle assembly flights, or as space flight participants on short-duration missions. This article recognizes the significant accomplishments of these women from many nations.
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Jan 18, 2022 · Bondar’s 1992 mission aboard the shuttle Discovery took eight days. ... she’s still only one of two Canadian women to have flown in space. Julie Payette went into space in 1999 and 2009. A ...
